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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.2

CVE-2007-5666 json

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malici…

published 2008-02-12 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-5638

cvss
6.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 72%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 8.1.1 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious Security Provider library in the reader's current working directory. NOTE: this issue might be subsumed by CVE-2008-0655.

Patch / fix

  • acroread RHEL 3 EXTRAS 8.1.2-1.el3.6
  • acroread RHEL 4 EXTRAS 8.1.2-1.el4.2
  • acroread RHEL 5 EXTRAS 8.1.2-1.el5.3
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 3 EXTRAS 8.1.2-1.el3.6
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 4 EXTRAS 8.1.2-1.el4.2
  • acroread-plugin RHEL 5 EXTRAS 8.1.2-1.el5.3

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0144

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-5666 updated

acroread JavaScript Insecure Libary Search Path

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el3.6, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el3.6 Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el4.2, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el3.6, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el3.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el4.2, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 8.1.2-1.el5.3, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el5.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el3.6, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el3.6
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el4.2, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el4.2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) acroread 8.1.2-1.el5.3, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el5.3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el3.6, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el3.6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras acroread 8.1.2-1.el4.2, acroread-plugin 8.1.2-1.el4.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0144

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Exploit prediction

1.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 72% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.2 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.